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Collins Portuguese Dictionary
Portuguese-English
English-Portuguese
Up-to-date coverage of today's language
Offers over 40,000 entries and 70,000 translations
Easy-to-use format
Contains commonly used phrases and idioms
Main irregular verb forms given
Includes most common abbreviations, acronyms, and geographic names
Pronunciations for English and Portuguese shown in the International Phonetic Alphabet
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Best for "Every Day" Usage,
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This review is from: HarperCollins Portuguese Dictionary: Portuguese-English/English-Portuguese (Mass Market Paperback)
My family and I recently moved to Brazil, after receiving more than 8 months of intensive, full-time language training in the U.S. I ordered several different different dictionaries, and during our training (having to translate in both "directions"), and while living here in Brazil now, we found this dictionary to be the absolute best. Sure, it might not be a good source for slang, but I haven't been in a situation where I needed to use or look up slang words yet. In our day-to-day lives here in Brazil, with three children, and an extremely heavy business/entertainment agenda (where my husband and I can only communicate in Portuguese), this book has provided us with words we need that the others have not. The only negative thing I can say (sure, it could have every Portuguese word, but then I wouldn't be able to carry it around!!), is that the binding could be stronger (hence only 4 stars instead of 5). Both of our dictionaries, after a year and a half of heavy use, eventually ended up in halves. So, manufacturing this book so that it holds up to the constant usage would be my strongest recommendation to the publisher [while we haven't used the other dictionaries nearly as much, they too, have lost some pages, so it's not a problem with just this publisher]. Right now, I'm buying a couple more--I really do feel they're worth it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Cheap,
By Arlo Faria (Berkeley, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HarperCollins Portuguese Dictionary: Portuguese-English/English-Portuguese (Mass Market Paperback)
Not good for modern slang/vernacular. I preferred the Langensheidt dictionary, but mainly because it has a more durable plastic cover. Of course, this paperback is cheaper.
3.0 out of 5 stars
A decent dictionary,
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I do think that there could have been more time put into the definitions in portuguese to help you with understanding the word. It is still a good dictionary.
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